Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Macarthur “genius” award-winner Taylor Mac reimagines American history as an over-the-top queer-inflected countercultural musical extravaganza. A decade in the making, the 24-hour show, comprising 240 songs performed by Mac and a huge supporting cast, was performed only once non-stop in its entirety.
Now, Oscar and Grammy-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have adapted this tour-de-force performance — in all its righteous outrage and radical humanity — into a thrilling feature-length documentary concert film.
"Ineffably beautiful… heart-rending… exhilarating… Mac has shared a vision of America both personal and probing — tender, bruised and yet defiantly, magnificently hopeful. It’s simultaneously delirious and graced by what seems almost like ancient queer wisdom from somewhere way out there in the cosmos. Planet Fabulous. Epstein and Friedman perform a great service by extending its reach out into our own ailing world." - David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Read an interview with Rob & Jeffrey about the making of the film in the Queer Review.
Emmy Award, Outstanding Costume Design
